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J. PAULUS. TAUGTT ATTACHMENT To BARRBLS. No. 297,000. Patented Apr.15,1884.

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rrnn Starts JACOB PAULUS, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y.,

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ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND AUGUST NEYT YORK.

FAUCET ATTACHMENT TO BRRELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,000, dated April15, 1884.

.9 Application filed May 31, 1883.

'o @ZZ whom, it may concern.

Be it known that I, Jiicon PAULUs, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FaucetAttachmen s to Barrels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved faucet attachment to barrels andkegs in which fermented and other liquors are shipped, so

io that the same may be tapped with great facility by the simpleinserting and turning of the faucet, and the invention consists of afixed socket that is attached to the faucet-hole of f the keg andprovided with an opening, an interior tube having 'an openingregistering therewith, a face-plate provided with a hinged valve, andmeans whereby the valve is locked in closed position, and also theinterior tube held in position. The faucet is provided at 2o the end ofits barrel with alug that passes along a guide-recess of the faceplateand engages a recess of the interior tube, so as to turn the same, sothat its opening registers with the opening of the fixed socket, wherebythe keg is tapped. The faucet is provided with a collar and rubbergasket inffront of ,the same, so as to fit tightly to the faceplate toprevent leakage. In the accompanying drawings, Figure l 3o represents asectional side elevation of a keg with my improved faucet attachmentshown with the faucet inserted. Fig. 2 is a front View of a faucetattachment shown in locked position with 'the faucet detached. Figs. 3 35 and 4 are vertical longitudinal sections, showing, respectively, thefaucet before and after being introduced rinto the faucethole. Fig. 5 isa vertical transverse section of the attachment on line .fr cv, Fig. 2;and Fig. 6 is a rear 4o elevation of the face-plate of the attachment.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a cylindrical socket that issecurely driven by its tapering end portion into thecorrespondingly-tapering faucethole of the keg or barrel. The socket Ais retained rigidly in this position by means of a face-plate,B, and aninterposed elastic packing-ring, b, the face` (No model.)

plate being applied iiush into the head of the 5o keg and securedthereto by fastening-screws.

To the face-plate B is hinged a valve, C, which is provided at its innersidewith a rubber disk or lining, O', so as to close tightly to thecenter opening of the faceplate when the valve is closed. The valve C isthen locked by a cam-lever, D, the forked end of which is connected by atransverse pin, d, and guided along a slotted lug, d', of the face-plateB. The pivoted end of the lever D is made cam-shaped, 6o so that itlocks the valve rigidly into position to the face-plate when swung downover the same, as shown in Fig. 5. i

.At the interior of the fixed socket A is arranged a tube, E, theexterior circumference of which is made slightly tapering, so as to fitaccurately into the correspondiugly-tapering inner circumference of thesocket A. The socket A is provided with an opening, a, at its bottom orunder side, close to the bottom wall 7o of the keg. The interior tube,E, is also provided with an opening, e, of the same size as the openinga, and so arranged as to register therewith when the tube is turned onits axis in the socket A. The tube E is retained in the socket by thepackingring and face-plate B, as shown clearly in Figs. 3 and i.

The faucet F is provided at the end of its barrel F with a cylindricalend, f, having a lug, f. The endf lits into the opening of the 8oface-plate B and into the tube E. The face-plate B is provided with arecess, f2, the tube E being also provided at its inner side with arecess, fa, that is in line with the recess f2 of the faceplate when theinterior tube, E, is turned on its axis to an angle of ninety degrees,and into such a position that its opening e does not register with theopening a of the socket A. When the interior is in this position,thefaucet F is inserted with its lugf into the recesses 9o fzfi. A collar,g, at the end ofthe cylindrical portion f, and a rubber ring, g', infrontof the collar g, serve to tightly close the opening ofthe faceplatewhen the faucet F is inserted. When the lug f of the faucet F has passedthrough the recess f2 of the face-plate into the' recess f3 of the tubeE, the faucet is turnedon its axis through an angle of ninety degrees,so that its spout extends vertically downward, as shown in Fig. 4. Thismotion of the faucet causes the axial turning ofthe interior tube, E, sothat its opening c is placed in register with the opening a of thesocket, and thereby the keg tapped. To secure the tight connectionbetween the faucet and faceplate, the latter is provided at its innerface with a quadrangular cam-groove, f", (shownin Fig. 6,) along whichthe lugf moves, so that the faucet is drawn in,and thereby the rubberring g' tightly compressed between the collar g and the faceplate B, sothat leakage is prevented. When the barrel is empty, the faucet isturned back on its axis through an angle of ninety degrees, thenwithdrawn from the attachment, after which the valve is locked by itslocking device,and thereby the barrel closed, so as to be returned forrefilling. The faucet, in turning, turns the interiortube, E, on itsaxis and interrupts the registering of its opening c with the opening aofthe socket A, as shown in Fig. 3. To retain the tube E securely inthis position while the barrel is in transit, the valve G is providedwith a pin, lz., that enters into the re cesses j'2 f when the valve isclosed, as shown in Fig. 5, said pin locking the tubeE in position.

The keg can be refilled without any danger of leakage,as its faucet-holeis closed in atwofold manner: first, because the openings of the socketA and tube E are out of register, and, secondly, by the closing andlocking of the cX- terior valve, C.

Having th us described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. rIhe combination of a socket, A, attached to thefaucet-hole of a barrel, said socket having an opening, a, an interiortube, E, having an opening,e,a retaining faceplate, B,a hinged valve, C,and means lor locking said valve into closed position, substantially asset forth.

2. In a faucet attachment to barrels, thc com! bination of a socket, A,secured to the faucethole, said socket having an opening, a, an interiortube, E, having an opening, e, a faceplate, B, a hinged valve, C, havinga pin, 7L,

iittinginto recesses fif3 ofthe face-plate B and tube E, respectively,and means for locking said valve in closed position, substantially asset forth.

3. In a faucet attachment to barrels, the combination of a socket,A,attached to the faucethole, said socket having an opening, a, aninterior tube, E, having an opening, e, a faceplate,B, and a faucet, F,the barrel F ofwhich is provided with means for engaging the interiortube, E, and turning the same on its axis, so that its opening is thrownin or out of register with the opening of the socket, substantially asset forth.

et. In afaucet attachment to barrels, the combination of the fixedsocket A, having an opening, a, an interior tube, E, having an opening,e, a face-plate, B, having an opening in line with the opening oi'theinterior tube, said faceplate and tube being provided with recessesf2 f3, respectively, a faucet, F, the barrel F of which is provided witha cylindrical end, j", and lugf, whereby the interior tube can beengaged and turned around its axis, substantially as set forth.

5. In a faucet attachmentto barrels, the combination of a fixed socket,A, having an opening, a, interior tube, E, having an opening, c, andrecess f, faceplate B, having recess f3, faucet F, the barrel F of whichis provided with a cylindrical end, f, lugf, collar g, and elastic ringg', substantially as set forth.

6. In a faucet attachment to barrels, the coinbination of a fixedsocket, A, having opening a, interior tube, E, having opening e andrecess fi, face-plate B, having recess f and quadrangular cam-groove fLat its rear side, faucet F, having cylindrical end j', lugf, collar g,and elastic ring g, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JACOB PAULUS.

Vitnesses:

OTTO Risen, SIDNEY MANN.

